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Archive for February 2015

Senior Adviser of Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Markian Lubkivskyi has just reported that counter-intelligence unit of SSU together with SSU in Odessa Region found big amount of ammunition.

Ukrainian citizen “P” together with a group of people was preparing terrorist attacks on the territory of Odessa Region and Odessa city. SSU unit that arrested him found huge amount of ammunition in his house. There were 16 RPG-22 grenade launchers, 20 RGD-5 grenades, 11 F-1 grenades, 4320 bullets 5.45 caliber, 1760 bullets 7.62 caliber, 34 fuses, 8 flares, guns and carbines.

Right now investigators are searching for his associates and people who ordered and coordinated his activity.

This tank for over a weeks was shelling at the positions of Ukrainian soldiers. Artillery couldn’t destroy it, this tank was moving to certain location unexpectedly and shoot 1-2 times and drove back.

So Ukrainian soldiers decided to do something about it. 6 guys at 2am went to terrorist controlled territory and found this tank. It was parked near a small house. Soldiers decided not to go inside in order not to make noise. One of the artillery guys was mechanic-driver, so he offered to steal the tank.

When T-72 tank started to move, our soldiers saw tank drivers who got out of the house in panic and ran away. Probably they thought that Ukrainians will shoot their house with a tank.

The team of artillerymen successfully returned to their positions. They immediately put Ukrainian flag on the captured tank. Inside they found documents and Russian field ration packs. So far the soldiers use the tank as a tractor, they don’t have an gun-layer who could fire from the cannon. But they hope they will get specialist and the captured tank will reinforce their artillery unit.

Sergiy Bochkovskiy the head of Ukrainian Emergency Service has posted photos of 2 new KRAZ- 5233BE armored trucks that the National Guard of Ukraine gave to them. Those trucks are already on the way to Donetsk and Lugansk Regions.

We need to take people to safe place, but the most important is that all children that we get out will not hear the sounds of bullets above their heads and will not see cruelty and outrage of terrorists. I want to thank my boys who were re-branding and re-painting the trucks all night, so today we were able send those trucks to Donetsk Region. I am very proud that we have such devoted people working with me.

Russian TV channel Russia 1 http://russia.tv made a report from Vuhlehirsk city which is now under attack of pro-Russian terrorist groups of so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”. The reporter Evgeniy Popov says that the terrorists are “cleaning” the residential building from “Right Sector” and Ukrainian Army.

At 0:54 you can see how tank #429 is shooting at the building, the tank has Russian Federation flag on it, is red, blue and white at the top of the flag.

Terrorist tank under Russian flag shooting at residential building at Vuhlehirsk

Few seconds later at 0:59 you can clearly see that the flag on a tank changed and it is now a flag of terrorist organization “DNR”(DPR), the flag is red, blue and black at the top. The residential building that the tanks shoot at is burning. Obviously they changed the flag on a tank, but forgot to cut the video with Russian flag at the video they showed on Russian TV

Terrorist tank under DNR flag shooting at residential building at Vuhlehirsk

Here is a video that was shown in Russian TV channel Russia 1. During the video there is no shooting back, no bodies of killed enemy. In the report they are saying they are fighting for the area control and the building they shoot at is important strategic location. But the truth is that there was no shooting and there was no Ukrainian Army in the area, they just shoot at a building where civilian people may still be hiding to make a picture for Russian TV. This is terrible war crime backed by Russia and made for Russian propaganda.

Here some photos with a closer look that shows the damage made by Russian terrorists while they were shooting from their tank under the flag of Russian Federation.

Russian terrorists are moving closer to the building they shoot at with a tank

Damage made by Russian terrorist while they were shooting at residential building for Russian TV